So you want cupcake and you want it now right?
Well you can go ahead, root your phone and chuck on a cooked ROM and run the risk of screwing not just your phone up but your warranty too. You still want cupcake now ?
Well you can experience cupcake without screwing your phone up and come away safe in the knowledge that your phone hasnt been touched during the process.
I have been playing with cupcake on the emulator for some time now, the on screen keyboard seems to work quite well, although the dot/comma key might end up frustrating me. Press once for a dot, twice for a comma. However there is a timer between key presses so if you want to write .... it might take some time to wait between key presses. There are "nice" things like being able to edit window and animation timings, but probably the most overlooked feature seems to be the "auto rotate" setting hidden away which seems to allow for the main UI to auto rotate based on orientation.
Oh there is a note pad application, a world daylight app and the ability to have "live folders" on your desktop.
I wouldnt put cupcake on my phone yet, but running it in the emulator has given me more "force closes" in 10 minutes than I have seen during the lifetime of my G1, and this is with an up to date build of cupcake.
We have some way to go folks, if you want to run cupcake then I suggest using the emulator
1. Download and install the android emulator
2. Get the cupcake build here
3. Unpack the zip file somewhere useful
4. Backup the folder /tools/lib/images (where you installed the emulator)
5. Copy the contents of the zip file to /tools/lib/images
6. run the emulator /tools/emulator
7. Enjoy your cupcake experience
legal disclaimer blah blah whatsit notice:
Dont blame me if your emulator falls over in a heap on the floor, coughing up the it's last dying breath. I can not be held responsible if the moon falls from the sky and squashes your pet ant because you didnt follow my instructions to the letter.
Update: andblogs.net hosts up to date builds for you to try (unzip as per 3-5 above)
Well you can go ahead, root your phone and chuck on a cooked ROM and run the risk of screwing not just your phone up but your warranty too. You still want cupcake now ?
Well you can experience cupcake without screwing your phone up and come away safe in the knowledge that your phone hasnt been touched during the process.
I have been playing with cupcake on the emulator for some time now, the on screen keyboard seems to work quite well, although the dot/comma key might end up frustrating me. Press once for a dot, twice for a comma. However there is a timer between key presses so if you want to write .... it might take some time to wait between key presses. There are "nice" things like being able to edit window and animation timings, but probably the most overlooked feature seems to be the "auto rotate" setting hidden away which seems to allow for the main UI to auto rotate based on orientation.
Oh there is a note pad application, a world daylight app and the ability to have "live folders" on your desktop.
I wouldnt put cupcake on my phone yet, but running it in the emulator has given me more "force closes" in 10 minutes than I have seen during the lifetime of my G1, and this is with an up to date build of cupcake.
We have some way to go folks, if you want to run cupcake then I suggest using the emulator
1. Download and install the android emulator
2. Get the cupcake build here
3. Unpack the zip file somewhere useful
4. Backup the folder /tools/lib/images (where you installed the emulator)
5. Copy the contents of the zip file to /tools/lib/images
6. run the emulator /tools/emulator
7. Enjoy your cupcake experience
legal disclaimer blah blah whatsit notice:
Dont blame me if your emulator falls over in a heap on the floor, coughing up the it's last dying breath. I can not be held responsible if the moon falls from the sky and squashes your pet ant because you didnt follow my instructions to the letter.
Update: andblogs.net hosts up to date builds for you to try (unzip as per 3-5 above)
